Tawagar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasar Senegal ta fuskanci babban ƙalubale gabanin muhimmin wasanta da Iraq a gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA 2026, bayan da mai tsaron ragarta na farko, Édouard Mendy, ya ji rauni.
Mendy mai shekaru 34 ya samu rauni a gwiwar hagunsa ne yayin wasan da Senegal ta sha kashi da ci 3-2 a hannun Norway a filin wasa na MetLife Stadium ranar Litinin.
Raunin ya tilasta masa fita daga wasan a minti na 63, inda Mory Diaw ya maye gurbinsa a raga.
Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Senegal ta tabbatar a ranar Talata cewa Mendy ba zai buga wasan da Iraq ba bayan binciken likitoci ya nuna cewa yana bukatar kulawa.
Sanarwar ta bayyana cewa ana ci gaba da gudanar da karin gwaje-gwaje domin tantance girman raunin da kuma yiwuwar komawarsa wasa idan Senegal ta ci gaba a gasar.
Wannan labari ya zo ne a lokacin da Senegal ke cikin mawuyacin hali a rukuni na I, bayan ta yi rashin nasara a wasanninta biyu na farko kuma tana matsayi na karshe ba tare da maki ko daya ba.
Kyaftin din tawagar, , ya bayyana cewa raunin Mendy ya shafi yanayin tunanin ‘yan wasan yayin wasan da Norway, yana mai fatan kada matsalar ta yi tsanani.
Duk da cewa Senegal ta zura mata kwallaye shida a wasannin da ta buga da Faransa da Norway, Mendy ya kasance daya daga cikin fitattun ‘yan wasan tawagar, inda ya hana kwallaye da dama shiga ragarsa ta hanyar bajintar ceton kwallaye.
Yanzu Senegal na bukatar samun nasara a kan Iraq a wasanta na karshe tare da fatan wasu sakamako su tafi daidai domin samun tikitin zuwa zagaye na gaba.
Mendy dai ya yi suna a duniya bayan zama dan Afirka na farko da ya lashe gasar UEFA Champions League a matsayin mai tsaron gida tare da a shekarar 2021.
Rashin kasancewarsa a wasa mai muhimmanci da Iraq ana kallonsa a matsayin babban gibi ga zakunan Teranga yayin fafutukar tsallakewa zuwa mataki na gaba.